NY Times · May 7, 2017
Steven Holcomb, Gold Medal Bobsledder Who Beat Vision Problems, Dies at 37
Steven Holcomb, a brawny three-time Olympic medalist who overcame a disease that threatened his vision, and then piloted a four-man bobsled team in 2010 to the United States’ first gold medal in the event in 62 years, was found dead on Saturday. He was 37.
Holcomb was found in a dormitory at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he had been training during the off-season, his agent, Brant Feldman, said. Frank Whitelaw, the coroner in Essex County, N.Y., said there were no signs of foul play. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday, he said.